M2.2 earthquake 13 km E of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13 km E of Waterville, Washington on Thu, Apr 6, 2006, 12:50 PM PDT (19:50 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-06 19:50:10 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.636° N, 119.898° W
- Region
- Washington
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 7485 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Winthrop, Washington · 7462 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.58 km W of Entiat, Washington · 7455 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 7433 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Thorp, Washington · 7432 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10689868. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.